The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-03
A FAVORED CoMMUNITY.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Blacks Way of Present
ing a Political Argument.
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the PHILADELPHIA Record.
When Ex-Lieut Gov Chauncey F. Black
was asked by a reporter in Pittsburg, the
other day, for an interview, he picked up a
manuscript of few pages, with the re-
mark: II have been thinking of Pittsburg
and her industries, and one idea, somehow,
stays with me- 1t is expressed in this little
story, which l will turn over to you, instead
of the interview you imagined you wanted.
Here is the story:
There was once community seated upon
beautiful spot, and at the confluence of
two rivers, which formed third leading
away to the sea, through a wide expanse of
rich and populous territory. The people of
this community were, in the main, cunning
artisans, especially in iron and STEEL and
contributing, as they did in this way, to the
wealth and power of their country, the peo-
pie of the other parts very cheerfully laid a
tax upon all products like those of ships
from abroad, and they thus paid very high
prices for those things in order to have
them made in their own land. In course of
time the industrious people of this COM
munity, having SO fine market all to them
selves, became very rich and powerful, and
their voice made the laws and magistrates
of the country Then it began to be said
that now they ought to stand alone; that
they had enjoyed this aid a long while; that
they were at length both expert and rich,
and should consent to let their countrynen
buy their goods from those who sold them
cheapest. Just then Providence, ever guard
ing this favored community--in other
words, helping those who helped themselves
caused the discovery of a mighty natural
force which enabled them to make all their
wares with greater rapidity and less labor
than ever before. II came to them in I'M
limited quantities, poured out right at their
hands, from the bountiful stores of nature
And now the deft workers laughed at the
thought of competition. Heretofore they
had asked only that they might have the
exclusive possession of their country's mar
ket; but as the new force was variously de
veloped and applied they began to see that
they could supply all the inhabitants of the
world with their products, and were baked
only by those ancient laws which hindered
the coming of the ships and merchants of
distant nations. Most of all they desired
now a worldwide commerce, giving them
cheaper clothes, food and supplies of every
description, and forthwith they raised their
potential voice again, and changed the old
laws and the old magistrates, to suit their
altered circumstances
This is only fable, of course Nobody
would see in that community of artisans
any resemblance to Pittsburg, though that
strange natural force, found in the nick of
time, looks very much like natural gas The
voters of Western Pennsylvania and Fest
ern Ohio have hitherto held those mighty
commonwealth to the fortunes OF one po-
litical party. Should they at any time see
that their Interests have changed and their
votes change with them, who can measure
the political consequences? The whole
destinies of the United States and the in
dustries and commerce of the whole globe
would be tremendously affected by such an
avant